While the cover for Catherine is somewhat interesting and a relatively unique design, I'm not really a fan of Japanese over-the-top-ness. I voted for Heavy Rain because it showcases a mysterious image with an effective colour scheme and is much more appealing in my opinion.

Heavy Rain. To the point, has a mystery about it (Used that twice now) and doesn't need a woman exposing herself to sell it.

My opinion.

I agree. Whilst Catherine's sex appeal is a factor in the game, there are surely other ways of showing that. Heavy Rain's cover has mystery, as you and Beasley2K say. I love how the facial expressions of the characters suggest that they all have different things going on internally. I also like the noir vibe, which is created by the black-and-white cover, the gun, the suggested violence from the bloodied origami, and the contextually-obvious cops. It must be an obvious nod to noir, and to make such a nod shows effort, consideration and intelligence. On a subjective level, which I didn't base my judgement on, I am an ex-Film Student, so I geek out on genre knowledge and references.

I agree. Whilst Catherine's sex appeal is a factor in the game, there are surely other ways of showing that. Heavy Rain's cover has mystery, as you and Beasley2K say. I love how the facial expressions of the characters suggest that they all have different things going on internally. I also like the noir vibe, which is created by the black-and-white cover, the gun, the suggested violence from the bloodied origami, and the contextually-obvious cops. It must be an obvious nod to noir, and to make such a nod shows effort, consideration and intelligence. On a subjective level, which I didn't base my judgement on, I am an ex-Film Student, so I geek out on genre knowledge and references.

This is one of my favourite reasons. A very well thought out and articulated comment.

This is one of my favourite reasons. A very well thought out and articulated comment.

Thank you very much!

Avecha and irish-sid, let's have peace and harmony between two people that I'm sure are awesome. Irish-sid, it would be interesting to hearing your reasoning, as a counterpoint to most of the pro-Heavy Rain posts here.